THE COMMUNICATING VESSELS: POETICS, SURREALISM AND THE BAROQUE.

Quadrant | May 1, 1999| | Copyright 
 
   The metaphysical conceit is based upon the philosophical doctrine of 
   correspondences and it gives at its best the effect of truly exploring the 
   nature of some metaphysical problem. But the Baroque conceit does not 
   explore; it rather views the same paradox or symbol from various angles, 
   reviewing and revising and restating and expanding the issue until some 
   truth of emotion gradually grows out from all that glittering elaboration 
   ... one might say that the Baroque conceit develops like one of those 
   seemingly unending skyrockets which shoot out sparks of ...

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